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The last three weeks the weather has been anything but cooperative. With the work schedule, I have evenings and weekends to play. First, a series of late day thunderstorms took out the flying time. Then came the lull - no wind for the better part of a week. Followed by the monsoons - day after day of torrential rain. That led to fields that were flooded or too wet to use. Then a bumper crop of mosquitos and deer flys just throw in another level of hell. Now back to late day boomers over last three days with the same predicted for the next several days.

Right now i'd settle for typical HHH summer weather. But not happenin" round here right now.

Now as for winter... I ROCK THE SNOW! Ever see the snow around a bird feeder? that's what my field looks like, foot prints everywhere! I made it out in 6 degreesF. If it's snowing, it's OK... until you sit down in the car! My jacket crunched a few times getting into the car.

The weather does not care that we are needing a kite fix but it occasionally slacks, which allows us to come out of our caves even if the weather makes us run back inside immediately. But there is way to outwit the weather!

The secret is to retire - so that you can fly any time it suits you. Have you ever felt that the weather is always warm and sunny while you are looking out the window of your office? Well, it's true. I used to sit in the office, peering out the window - watching "just the right wind" while I looked at my pile of insurance stuff and, one day, it struck me right in the face - WHY wasn't I out there flying? So I retired and now I can go to the local parks all day without dodging the soccer, baseball, football and all of those silly, so silly "sports". I go out to the wide open fields to fly my best stuff and I don't have to YAK YAK with those so called "sportsmen" - cause they AIN't there. Soon the economy will crumble and you will have all the time you want to fly. Wind is free - why aren't you ?